Psychology & Self-Help Forum

It's hard to imagine the mess we're in with E.U. travel restrictions. In my day, before the E.U. you could spend ages in Spain, or work. Now, holidaymakers from the U.K. need to give proof of nearly £100.00 per day funds for the time spent. If they go to Spain or Tenerife. Amazingly, some anti English protests have taken place in Spain which proves any group can face stereotyping. Not all UK holidaymakers vomit in the streets after clubbing. Many are quite pleasant. So, the mood is defiant with a movement to bypass Spain and choose Bulgaria or Turkey. I do think Thatcher was right about Europe. They have no tradition of democracy.

There are various sides to the issue, of course. Some UK tourists tend to disrespect the way of life of local people by getting overly drunk or abusive. That gradually led to protests. Still, before the E.U. we could very easily spend time in France or Spain. They even did school trips to France.
The question is will Spain lose revenue if UK.tourists go elsewhere or will other tourists fill the void?

I understood there's a particular place in Spain (Costa Brava, maybe?) that's been taken over by English migrants. I've been to Spain twice and I don't think I'll go again.

Tenerife... now that's a different matter. I'd love a week or two on any of the Canary Islands!

Candid wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2024 6:07 pm I understood there's a particular place in Spain (Costa Brava, maybe?) that's been taken over by English migrants. I've been to Spain twice and I don't think I'll go again.

Tenerife... now that's a different matter. I'd love a week or two on any of the Canary Islands!

I changed my views towards the E.U. I even now agree with Maggie Thatcher over Europe by nature being politically unstable and given to war.
For a start, that Social Charter was a con. A few COVID protesters were shot dead in protests in Holland. So much for the Social Charter and the supposed right of people to think the way they choose. COVID exposed the so-called constitution as a farce. The war aggravated between Russia and Ukraine was partly provoked by the E.U. and it's greed for more members.
That aside. I recall going to Spain without a care in the 1990s and it was far more relaxed without the E.U. Now it's overly regulated. You would feel like a semi legal alien. So, the E.U. has brought repression and tension.
I used to be pro Europe but COVID exposed the whole sham of those unelected demagogues who seemed to get away with conning us with a fake bill of rights. I mean, bad as Thatcher may have been we lived with more freedom. I think. Student grants, dole for unemployment and a fairly strong pound.

Fulgurator wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2024 10:42 pm COVID exposed the so-called constitution as a farce.

For something that doesn't exist*, COVID had one hell of an impact. That was deliberate and long in the planning.
CoV = coronavirus; you know what ID means.

It's starting to come unravelled now, as so many people who had the "vaccine" are either dead or seriously disabled.

You're right: laws are changing, and our basic rights are being removed.

* Seasonal flu disappeared in the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2019-2020.

Strange thing happened today. I've been feeding the birds on peanuts and spreading the nuts around the birdbox. There's been the odd magpie but nothing sensational. I kept up with the feed, though, as the nuts are always eaten up. Then, today a jackdaw appeared out of nowhere and happily perches on your shoulder or arm. He approaches anyone seen as friendly. I myself am avoiding the jackdaw seeing as the cat follows me about so I want to keep cat and jackdaw apart.

The Romans called the magpie "pica varia". Magpies were admired as magical. I don't know much about jackdaws but, for sure, you can have wild birds as pets and free to come and go. I may make a large bird house just for jackdaws.

I once took home an injured pigeon. He was only tired and exhausted. After 24 hours of rest, food and water he fully recovered. He flew away the following day but then something strange happened. The following week at the same time the pigeon had flown away, another injured pigeon dropped down in front of me and waited. So, I took him in. It was as if the bird knew I'd helped another pigeon. Sadly that one died as he had canker and it took me a while to find out. I was about to order antibiotics but it was too late and he died. There's no treatment without antibiotics for bird canker.
People here believe the jackdaw is connected to the birdbox feedings. There's never been so sociable a bird. He will just hop on your shoulder and make friends.

Fulgurator wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:39 am The following week at the same time the pigeon had flown away, another injured pigeon dropped down in front of me and waited.

Are you sure it wasn't the same one?

I once noticed a young pigeon on the ground in town, where any passing cat would have it, so I took it home with me. It still had twizzly fluff on its head so I called it Twizzle. When it got to competent flying age it would mingle with the wild pigeons in my garden. It would fly up when they did... then land back down again.

Couple of years later, having moved house, I went to visit my former neighbour and he said Twizzle was still hanging around. It's incredibly easy to tame a homing pigeon if you get it young enough.

No, this was a different pigeon and he had canker. It took me some time to diagnose the canker for lack of knowledge so he died. No more pigeons came after that although some feed at my Birdbox.
The jackdaw is dead. He was apparently run over by a car. He must have been home raised ànd got out so he was probably too tame to survive in unfamiliar circumstances.